Article Preview

AMERICANS ON SHIP SHELLED BY U-BOAT; Members of Norwegian Collier's Crew Are Later Set Adrift and Suffer Much from Exposure. VESSEL HAD NO WARNING Report of Dalbeattie's Sinking Causes Concern in Washington ;-3 Other Small Craft Sunk. AMERICANS ON SHIP SHELLED BY U-BOAT TOWNS TO "ADOPT" U-BOATS. New Plan Adopted to Maintain Germany's Under-Water Force.

LONDON, Feb. 20.--The Norwegian collier Dalbeattie, from Glasgow to Gibraltar, was sunk by shelltire on Saturday. Two Americans were on board her. The crew took to the boats. The collier was shelled while the crew was taking to the boats, it is asserted.

February 21, 1917

View the full article in TimesMachine.

Subscribers* enjoy full access to TimesMachine—view 129 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared.